CSE-- Pg. 74 SATAN'S HAMMER, Ch.18, pg.160 "Goodnight Sweetheart" epilogue

[shan23877]

Smidgy, I'm not sure if this will get me kicked out of the "youngsters club" or not, but Peter Lawford is the other guy in the Rat Pack right?

Do I get any bonus points?

 

[akayek31]

Yay another TR to keep me going until we go back in November. Now I can't get that song out of my head! Nebo that is one reason I don't watch American Idol anymore. Haven't since Chris Daughtry lost in season 5. Only started watching in season 4 due to Bo Bice and don't get me started on how mad I was that he didn't win Now back to the airport. This is the main reason I drive. I hate flying and it is so scary. The good thing about November's trip is that DD will be going and she will have her learner's permit for over a year and she is doing pretty good so far (lets not go there about last week when she almost ran a suv off the road while turning ) so with 4 drivers it won't be so bad. Hopefully another chapter will be up later tonight

 

[jakeybake]

Ok, I am back!!

My budget season has slowed down a bit, my Bruins have been eliminated, my Celtics are probably going to be swept and the Red Sox, well..............

So I now have plenty of time on my hands to jump in to another Nebo-Smidgy TR!! I feel like I've been negligent on this one and Ponzi's. Now I just have to catch up.

I've been so busy that I just booked my airfare for my August trip! Let the falling, injuring and all around debauchery begin!!

Jay

 

[Sandy Mouse]

I'm going to take two continuing themes on this TR, mothers-in-law and airports, and inexplicably connect them.
This happened the first time my in-laws flew out to see us (for purposes of this story, I am at all times within this narative married to my ex) in Montana. We met their flight and my MIL walked up to me and said, "When the plane took off, I was so worried. I looked out the window and the wings weren't moving."
True story.

 

[mom2AandL]

wow - fast moving TR going on here. i have to catch up now that I'm at work...I mean home...because I obviously work while I'm here

nebo - my name is Kariann and my Disboard name should now read mom2AandLandL - we had a little happy surprise in September.

 

[Thumper_Man]

Thump, that is so funny, but even though there's about 6 more verses to that song, nobody is going to take you,,,,

So then I'll add a verse on the next 6 chapters you write. Heck, I might even write a new verse for each chapter and go for the record as the longest song ever.

 

[Thumper_Man]

That was great guys!

We took our cue from you. Lady H was actually the one that caught on that you started with American Pie, so naturally I had to continue.

 

[Sandy Mouse]

We took our cue from you. Lady H was actually the one that caught on that you started with American Pie, so naturally I had to continue.

That song was great. I can't wait to hear more.

 

[Thumper_Man]

That song was great. I can't wait to hear more.

As soon as we get another chapter, I'll write another verse.

 

[nebo]

wow - fast moving TR going on here. i have to catch up now that I'm at work...I mean home...because I obviously work while I'm here

nebo - my name is Kariann and my Disboard name should now read mom2AandLandL - we had a little happy surprise in September.

Hi Kariann, and congrats on the longer user name! You know, the longer your name get's , the more expensive it gets, right?

So then I'll add a verse on the next 6 chapters you write. Heck, I might even write a new verse for each chapter and go for the record as the longest song ever.

OH NOOOOOOO I have better make the chapters REALLY looooooooong!

Was he delivered with a big red bow and note that said "Love Nebo"?



My mom tried to go through security with pepper spray...she didn't make it too far.

Is that when she switched to mace?


all those in favor....raise your sunny d.....

or your little friends..

Snifff,,,,,,,,,"Oh, my friends!"
I'm out of both right now.

Smidgy, I'm not sure if this will get me kicked out of the "youngsters club" or not, but Peter Lawford is the other guy in the Rat Pack right?

Do I get any bonus points?

You got it,,, he and Joey Bishop were the two lesser knowns,,,, kind of like Zeppo and Gummo.

Yay another TR to keep me going until we go back in November. Now I can't get that song out of my head! Nebo that is one reason I don't watch American Idol anymore. Haven't since Chris Daughtry lost in season 5. Only started watching in season 4 due to Bo Bice and don't get me started on how mad I was that he didn't win Now back to the airport. This is the main reason I drive. I hate flying and it is so scary. The good thing about November's trip is that DD will be going and she will have her learner's permit for over a year and she is doing pretty good so far (lets not go there about last week when she almost ran a suv off the road while turning ) so with 4 drivers it won't be so bad. Hopefully another chapter will be up later tonight

Yep,,, Bo should have won, was that Underwood hke lost to?

I'm going to take two continuing themes on this TR, mothers-in-law and airports, and inexplicably connect them.
This happened the first time my in-laws flew out to see us (for purposes of this story, I am at all times within this narative married to my ex) in Montana. We met their flight and my MIL walked up to me and said, "When the plane took off, I was so worried. I looked out the window and the wings weren't moving."
True story.

That is beyond funny. If I had thought of that, I guarantee I would have used that line.

 

[Sandy Mouse]

You got it,,, he and Joey Bishop were the two lesser knowns,,,, kind of like Zeppo and Gummo.

A friend I commute to work with saw a show about the Rat Pack a month or so ago. She said it was pretty interesting... Joey Bishop scripted all those shows they did in Vegas that everybody thought were so spontaneous, and he usually liked to stay off stage. When the other 4 on stage would veer off script, Joey would go out on stage and steer them back. He also managed those appearances. I'd really like to find that show and tivo it.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

A friend I commute to work with saw a show about the Rat Pack a month or so ago. She said it was pretty interesting... Joey Bishop scripted all those shows they did in Vegas that everybody thought were so spontaneous, and he usually liked to stay off stage. When the other 4 on stage would veer off script, Joey would go out on stage and steer them back. He also managed those appearances. I'd really like to find that show and tivo it.

It aired on H2, the series is "10 Things You Don't Know About". I think it's finished it's first season, it was interesting...

I bow to all the amazing lyricists, you guys are fantastic!

Maria

 

[nebo]

Hi, so how is everybody?
What's going on?

I'm supposed to be working, aren't I?

crap....

 

[laura74]

Hi, so how is everybody?
What's going on?

I'm supposed to be working, aren't I?

crap....

I think everyone here can keep busy with their chatter for a while but maybe I didn't mention that I also have a trip report. (see below) All are welcome!

Sorry Nebo. Gotta take any marketing opportunity I can.

 

[margymas]

Hi, so how is everybody?
What's going on?

I'm supposed to be working, aren't I?

crap....

Tic tock tic tock. Well? We're waiting

 

[nebo]

Ok, what this chapter lacks in quality, it's made up for in quantity. I even considered copy and pasting some of Ponzi's report over here since we're all confused anyway over who's writing what,,, but then you'd expect quality All the time,,,,,,


I never did find the little kid walking funny with only one shoe, how does that happen? Didn't mom and dad notice he's missing a shoe and go back?
Oh, I looked all right, ,,, Was that a childhood poem?
"Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John, one shoe off and one shoe on..."
Why would I know that? Am I right? No, don't answer, it's not going to loook good either way. You don't want to use the words Diddle with kids nowadays, even in childish rhymes.

At Gate 32, we settle into a couple of chairs, and looking around, I can't believe the size of some people's "carry ons."
Bigger than my checked luggage!
I think one of them held ten clowns.

Then I looked closely at my boarding pass and see we board in Group 8.

That doesn't sound good to me.
I know it starts out very orderly for the first couple of groups,,,but by the time you get down to Group 8 it's like the beginning of Muppetvision when the performers are told to "enter the theater in an orderly fashion."

We have heard stories of people who had to check their carryons because by the time they boarded, there was no overhead bin room left.

I mentioned to Smidgy, "I wonder how many boarding groups there are?", and she went up to the pulpit to ask the woman standing there.

Yes, not a counter, just a pulpit.
Makes it easier to give the eulogy when the plane explodes on takeoff. (see Final Destination)

Smidgy came back; "There are only 8 boarding groups, we are in the last one, but most people I guess are in group 8.

Fine, just fine.
I'll get caught with those things yet!

She sat down and pulled out a magazine, i worked on my staring into space.
Oh, my pill!

Geesh, I finally took the dang thing, then I settled back in, people watching as Smidgy read.

Lots of kids on this flight, yep, this is a Disneyworld flight allright. I mention this to Smidgy, who is now disturbed thtat I interrupted her reading, who looks around, says:
"Orlando is a big convention town, maybe a lot of employees have just brought there families with them to enjoy the pools."

"Right"
There was a 3 year old who kept running into me,
"So, what convention are you here to attend?"
He didn't answer me.

As I'm looking around, a man with sunglasses and holding a harness to a Guide Dog walks by.

"Well, our Pilot is here" I told Smidgy.

She glanced up from her Redbook, barely made eye contact with the seeing eye dog and looked back down at her page, slowly shaking her head.

At last we get to board, and after an initial screw up making our own line, we still got on ahead of most group 8 ers.

Normally, I prefer in front of the wings, but when we booked, the seats weren't available, so we took the same seats on both flights,,,, Row 28, seats D and F.

Do you see something strange there?

Like, what happened to E?

Well, it's like this:
We both get claustro in the plane, and we both deal with it in different ways.
She likes the openness of an aisle seat, I like to press my face in the window looking outside.
This means some poor sap is going to have to sit between us.

At a monitor at the gate, I saw that our flight is sold out, and there's actually a standby list of at least 6 people on it.

I never understood this:
people go to the airport and don't know if they have a seat on a flight or not?

Anyway, somehow, we really, really, got lucky.
Nobody came and took the seat between us, maybe the took the upgrade to first class offer, don't know but it sure made things easieer.

We were both now able to talk with ease, and turn side saddle in the seat and stretch a bit that ways.

At last, we' are rolling, and once again, my heart is in my throat: More accidents happen during takeoff than any other time. This is also the most common time for birds to end up inside looking out of the jet engines.
A long time ago, one of them started playing there own version of 'chicken', so now they all have to see who can get the closest to the engine without getting sucked in.

In may of 1979, we had one of the worst ever disasters here at O'hare,,, flight 191 I believe, and I'm pretty sure I heard it crash, it happened on my way home from work and I was only a couple miles from it.

Well, in all fairness, I suppose a Single Seat Cessna airplane fatality is a major disaster if you're the one sitting in the single seat at the time.
How does somebody train somebody else in a single seat plane, anyway?
"Here's the keys,,, remember, land on TOP of the ground, not INTO the ground."

Ok, picking up speed, faster, faster, ailerons up, LIFT OFF!

And then we landed again.
Then, LIFT OFF!

I didn't think this was funny in the slightest, it's what I would call a "double kiss". The plane got off the ground, then came back down only to lift off for good a second later.

What the heck was that?

I half expected to hear the Captain on the intercom,
"Come bounce with me!"

"What, is there more weight in here than you thought?"

Must be that big fat guy across the aisle.

(Sandy, I made a point of checking,,, and our wings didn't move at all, either, and like your MIL said,,, they should be going up and down somewhat,,,, at least on take off!)

I' m also starting to rethink my window seating idea;
It's good for the first two minutes of the flight and the last 5 minutes before you land, interesting views,,, but in between?
Not much to look at.

I am still always surprised that when you leave on a cloudy or rainy day,,, that,,,,
Did you know it's sunny on the other side of the clouds?
How is that?

Not much happened on the flight at all;
The Ativan kicked in and made me groggy, which I hate, but it did take a bit of the edge off.

It's just over a two and a half hour flight, but going to Florida is an hour longer because of the time change, so now the flight lasts 3 and a half hours, which is TWO hours longer than the flight home takes, which only last for an hour and a half.

What?

His touchdown landing was actually smoother than the take off, and now I can honestly say, I still have never been in an airplane lavatory. That's another thing I never understood, it's not that long a flight, unless you have internal difficulties, don't you go first?

Oooh,, I just had a chilling thought:
Eating at Ohana and then getting on a long flight.

Ok, sorry,,, I take it all back!

Isn't it alwyas amazing how long it takes everybody in front of you to get off the damn plane?

"Hey, grab your bag, and MOVE."

I have mostly left out the torment I went through in the seat with my back, not much to say except;

"GIVE ME MORPHINE!"

But we made it down to Magical Express, and were directed to stand in line behind one of the scariest families I've seen.

They were from Philly,, which we know because they could only yell when they talked to each other.

Our line is for All Stars and Coronado Springs,,,that's where this bus is going,,and I had no doubts at all this "familly" was going to Sports, hoping to stay in the "Coon Hunting" section,no doubt.

There was about seven of them, mom went about 250 in a tank top, kids were all multi racial,,,, and I mean Multi,,,I think two guys with were responsible for some kids,,,, and th most normal looking one was grandma in a wheelchair.

All of them had tattoos,, with mom's starting on her cheek and going down her neck.

When you think of the phrase, "trailer park trash" you can't help but think that somewhere there's a tornado that didn't do it's job!

At quarter to 11, our bus makes it's first stop,,, Coronado,,
and we are up and waiting for the front doors to open up and let us out.

With the Partridge Family right behind us!

Having had our carryons with us really helped since they had to wait for the driver to unload their bags from under the bus, so we bolted to registration.

Inside, a cm directs us to a window,, and we begin the single, most
important part of the vacation,,,, room assignment!

Always, a nerve wracking time, but we usually fair very well when it's all said and done.

Not today, though.

We were sent to a little girl whom I don't know where she was from. Reall cute, but was hard to understand with her accent.

We had requested Ranchos, 7-B,,, right next to the quiet pool, close to main pool and close to the bridge that leads close to El Centro.

She had rooms for us in Ranchos 6-A and Ranchos 6-B.

Nope, they could not PAY me to stay in those buildings,,,way far from everything. So we asked what else she's got.

Now, I could very well be wrong,, but I believe that each clerk is given a grouping of rooms to divvy out,,Just because she does'nt have something, doesn't mean it's not available,,,this is usually when the manager gets involved.

Boy, I wish that wouild have happened that day!

Diane tries to tell her my back and foot are now an issue,, and so she gets on the phone and tells somebody else the problem.

Then she's put on hold while this person is now checking the main database.

Ten minutes goes by,,, Smidgy asks her to check out 8-A while she's on hold,,, but the girl just waves her off.

Ten more minutes goes by, and I'm now hanging onto the counter with my chin, my back hurts so much.

At 11:30 the girl is still standing there looking at Smidgy with a smile on her face, and finally, finally, says she has a room for us in 7-B!
But it's wayyyyyy in the back in the tenpercent area that I didn't even think we needed to worry about being assigned one of THOSE rooms.

And it's not ready either.
Fine,,, we took it anyway,,, mostly just to get out of there!

It is no exaggeration when I say that girl stood there with the phone to her ear for a half hour!

She no longer seemed cute to me.

I could not believe it's past 11:30 now, and we are trudging with all our stuff over to the Rancho's quiet pool, which is right next ot 7-B.
And it's HOT..hot, hot hot,,, and I'm wearing jeans and my Chicago jacket,,,, hot hot hot.

We grab a table and a couple of loungers, and immediately I start peeling off layers.

Down to just my jeans, I look down and realize I look like Dustin Hoffman on the cover of "The Graduate."

only taller

Grab my suit, and head to the bathroom onlhy 20 feet away.

Which, of course, is locked! You need a room key card to get in the quiet pool bathrooms, not kidding. But the main Dig Site Feature Pool? The one that eveybody is going to try to hop to?
Wide open,,, half the time I noticed they don't even close the doors! But the quiet pool johns,,, where the only people using them are the ones staying in the nearby vicinity,,,,,, you have to have the key and know the secret password! Go figure.

Back to the table I go, and now try to figure out where I left that keycard.
I finally find it back in my carry on,,, and head back to the bathroom and open the door.

When I'm back at the table, Smidgy says "Where are your jeans?"

Yep, I left them in the bathroom and go back to get them.

Which I can't because the door is locked again.

I'm starting to lose it, now.

Go back, angrilly snatch the key off the table, and go fetch my pants, making SURE not to put anything down in there,,, Especially,,,,, the keycard.

I jam the jeans in the carry on as well, leaving me just one more thing to take care of;

I don't care how few doses I have for this trip,,, one of them is biting the dust RIGHT NOW!

With two of the new ones in hand, I walk back to the dreaded bathroom where the drinking fountains always are.

I SAID, where the drinking fountains always ARE!

THere is ALWAYS a drinking fountain outside EVERY Disney bathroom, whether in the parks or at the resorts,,, always, always,,, ad infinitum,,,, BOOK IT!

Taking painkillers on deckside after check-in has pretty much become a common occurance. Smidgy calls it an addictive ritual,,,,,I prefer to call refer to it as "tradition."

Either way,,, there is no denying the neccessity of their consumption right now.
(what? will you talk in plain English, geesh) ("denying the necce,,,,,DON"T make me come over there!)

And,,,,,
I can't find a drinking fountain.

I completely circled the building, which wasn't easy since the front had to be accessed by leaving the pool grounds and going down the steps to the main walkway and enter through the Laundry area.

Which I couldn't do because THIS DOOR IS LOCKED TOO!

But I could see inside, and there was not fountain in there.

Ok, maybe it's built into the landscaping, Disney being clever again.... so I checked out all the rocks surronding the pool,,,, nothing,,,,, but at least I looked like an idiot to the other people there,,, peaking behind all the rocks,,, pounding on some of them,,,,,
nothin.
THere was a shower there though,,,, and I considerd trying to stick my head under it and catch the droplets in my mouth.

Smidgy then went in search also, she didn't believe this either, but she also came up empty.

Ok,,, hmm,,, I can either walk all the way to the Dig Site,, or,,, I can look for singles and try to find a working vending machine in the building next to us and buy a bottle of "painkiller swallow-eeze", when I looked one last time back at the shower contraption next to me.

There, about knee high to a Nebo,,, in the piping is a small fountain sticking out of the pipe. I tried it, and it worked, so I popped them both in my mouth, and took them down with 120 degree scalding genuine Florida water.

I've got about 23 minutes with these till ignition, and I finally allow myself to realize where I am, and back or not, look forward to what there is to look forward to.

In a lounger, I open up my book that I just started,,,, Mockingjay.

Yes,, you read that right, even though it's for young adults,,, AARP recommended it, and I bought Hunger Games for the trip.
Smidgy breezed through that,,, and I couldn't wait.
Next thing I know I'm back at Wall Mart buying Catching Fire,,, book two, and the same thing happened.

She was all for waiting till we got back and getting the third book from the Library,,,,,but,,,,
Uh uh,,, not me,,, back to Wall mart.

Only,,,,, I"M Reading it first this time!

For the record,,, I was disappointed with the movie,,, I don't like the shaky camera thing going on a lot now,,, and I really hate when they can't leave a camera on one thing for more than 2 seconds without changing views,,, I hate, hate, hate,,, that.

One of the greatest movie scenes ever,,, is of George Bailey sitting at the bar in Martini's,,,, the camera view is right at his face and you can tell the weight of the whole world in on his shoulders, as he clutches his hands to his chin and just stares straight ahead, not knowing what in the world he is going to do about the missing money, and his eyes fill up with tears as the camera still stays on his face, maybe moving in slowly,,,,,,

Great shot!
They could never film something like that now, no way would it have the same devastating effect.

As I'm reading,, Diane is now looking at the map of CS, and specifically where the girl circled for our room, and said she's going to check the area out. We don't know for sure what room it is,,,but have a really good idea for narrowing it down.

Ten minutes later, she's back, and not looking happy at all.
Not at all.

"Steve, you are going to just hate it, if not today,,, in two days, for sure."

I had a feeling this was coming,, and was already trying to tuck my shoestrings into the sides of my shoes to hobble back there to see.

She stayed with the stuff this time,, and hobble I did.

And right she was.

It was WAY,,,, in the back,, we either had a dead on view of a grassy area,,,, really boring,,,, or a dead on view of a parking lot,,,, worse,,, there was not possible saving grace amongst the options.
And ALL of them were far, far from everything, there was no doubt we'd be trying to change our room tomorrow morning.

Back together,,, I told her that, well,,, we've been lucky so many times now,,, I guess it was time to get a clinker room.

Nope,,,, that wasn't going to wash with her on this day:

"You know honey,,, I've always believed that you MAKE your own luck, and if you don't mind, I'm not going down without a fight!"

I nodded and she threw on a cover up and headed on back to registration, on her own.

After a while, my back felt a bit better,,, (gee, wonder why?) and I took a couple of pictures:

These are all right in the area of the Rancho quiet pool.
I've take better ones in the past, not sure why I'm even taking more pictures here, but it still seems like something you have to do, or why bother even coming, you know?
Next time I looked up into the sun to see her standing there,,,,she was Sylvester,,,, and I could tell it was too late to hold services for Tweety Bird.

I will try to share with you what she told me,,, but let's face it,,, you know dang sure that she's going to be correcting me later,,,, but her goes anyway.

She got there, and a CM recognized her from being there forever earlier,,,,which was a great break to start with,,, and asked her what is wrong,,,, break number two.

As nicely as she could say it,,, she briefly said we're unhppy with our room on many counts, and would really appreciate something more convenient.

She said, "Our room sucks,, what are you gonna do about it?"

Ok, ok,,, you know she didn't say that, and I think knowing her she apologized for taking up theirtime,,, and the older cast lady said to a concierge guy,,,,something like,,
"Hey Bill,, see if you can set the young lady up with a Florida Special, ok?"

For a second, Diane thought she might get upgraded into a preferred room, but no, they weren't going that far, and at first he tried to put her in Cabanas, 8-B,,,, which would have been better than where we were, but we had already talked for months about Cabana's 8-A being our second choice.

It too, if right by the Rancho quiet pool, and even closer yet to the Dig Site pool,,, and a bonus,,, right by the bus stop.
So she asked him if he had anything in 8-A,, like she kept trying to get the original girl to check out.

He did,, it also wasn't ready yet, but it was going to be and upgrade to a Lagoon/lake view,,, and boy,,, was it!

About quarter to three our room was ready, and we didn't have a lot of time, since we needed to get to Epcot, but we once again struck gold on our room, and when you are staying for 10 nights and starting out with a bad back,,,the room location is about as important as it can get!
This one though is a Grand Slam for Smidgy, she get's all the credit for this one, which is coming up.

Coming up,,,, more on our plans,,, yes,,,, the stupid video of showing where our room is again,,, since the last time at CBR went over so well,,,,,did you know we had a corner room there? And,,,,, what at one time was my favorite band,,,, that we saw in concert.

 

[jakeybake]

Great chapter!

I'm just like you, I can't relax until I am at the resort with my room assignment in hand. Most people say they relax as soon as the plane touches down in Orlando but not me! I even sweat going down to Magical Express, worrying that we will just miss a bus to our resort!

Great work Smidgy on the room!10 days is a long time to be in a room that you hate. Don't you hate having to play the good/bad CM game each trip. I joke with my wife that I can instantly tell what the check in process is going to be as soon as I lay eyes on the CM "helping" us. I am at 100% accuracy with it!

Is that name of that book really "MockingJay"? If so it sounds like something my wife should of written

Can't wait for the next installment!!

Jay

 

[smidgy]

Smidgy, I'm not sure if this will get me kicked out of the "youngsters club" or not, but Peter Lawford is the other guy in the Rat Pack right?

Do I get any bonus points?

ding ding ding!!!! your prize? how about some expired fast passes form 2 years ago??(they're in my nightstand)

Yay another TR to keep me going until we go back in November. Now I can't get that song out of my head! Nebo that is one reason I don't watch American Idol anymore. Haven't since Chris Daughtry lost in season 5. Only started watching in season 4 due to Bo Bice and don't get me started on how mad I was that he didn't win Now back to the airport. This is the main reason I drive. I hate flying and it is so scary. The good thing about November's trip is that DD will be going and she will have her learner's permit for over a year and she is doing pretty good so far (lets not go there about last week when she almost ran a suv off the road while turning ) so with 4 drivers it won't be so bad. Hopefully another chapter will be up later tonight

our last vacation with the boys as a family, they were 16 and 13 (maybe 14 and17, can't remember) anyway we drove 6 hours to Cedar point in Ohio. once we got to ohio, Nebo let Todd take over the helm.

nebo was basking in the glow of lying across the long seat in the back of the minivan, feet up, mad magazine in his hands. happy camper. Jeremy took over shotgun, and I sat in the backseat.

after a while, NEbo asks, "how;s it going son? tires feel ok? temp. gauge looks good? any problems?"

"no, dad (you could almost HEAR the eye roll) everythings fine."

voice from the gallery: (Jeremy), said nonchalantly, " well, except the gas guage is almost on empty "

nebo leaps up!!! after this next exit, there isn't one for many miles, there isn't enough gas to make it, Todd is in the left lane. nebo is yelling, get over! get over! get off! here!" ttodd"where???!" nebo "here.. RIGHT here!!!"

he made the exit just in time, we found a gas station a ways off a country road. NEbo took over.


"son, part of driving is keeping an eye on the gas tank!"

I'm going to take two continuing themes on this TR, mothers-in-law and airports, and inexplicably connect them.
This happened the first time my in-laws flew out to see us (for purposes of this story, I am at all times within this narative married to my ex) in Montana. We met their flight and my MIL walked up to me and said, "When the plane took off, I was so worried. I looked out the window and the wings weren't moving."
True story.

now sandy, did you mean to post this on Winker's report??
(sheesh, I feel like the TR monitor)

 

[zianha]

As I'm looking around, a man with sunglasses and holding a harness to a Guide Dog walks by.

"Well, our Pilot is here" I told Smidgy.

She glanced up from her Redbook, barely made eye contact with the seeing eye dog and looked back down at her page, slowly shaking her head.

This is the kind of humor I love! I haven't had another adult along for the flight to MCO in about 7 years so I never get to share my witty comments with someone who will understand and roll their eyes accordingly.

I read The Hunger Games too! Loved it!

Can't wait to read more of your TR!

 

[Thumper_Man]

Is that name of that book really "MockingJay"?